first caucus of the 2024 primary, donald trump is defending his actions on january 6th, colin the effort to hold him accountable a witch hunt. at an event last night, trump urged several thousand supporters to try for him on caucus night. claimiwille, quote, the most important vote of their internalize. the former president most appears to be strengthening his ties with far-right figures, laura bloomer, apartment champion of january 6th conspiracy theories road with trump aboard his private plane and iowa yesterday. joining us now to unpack all of this, former hug secure julián castro -- and msnbc political analyst michael steele is back with. us, michael proposed of the audience who don't know laura loomer is -- she a spread conspiracy theories about school shootings and of course the january 6th attacks. what do you make of the fact you have a former president, current gop front runner,